Shaving-brush



C.-F. STOEWSAND.

SHAVING BRUSH.

, APPLIcATIoII FILED o'cT. 22l 1919.

1,392,369. Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Witnesses.'

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. STOEWSAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER KARGUS,

LOUIS CLEPIPE, AND CHARLES F. STOEWSAND, ALL 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A C0- PAR'JTNERSHIIE.A

sHAvING-iznusn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application led October 22, 1919. Serial No. 332,443.

To all lwhom it may' concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. STOEW- SAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook2 and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes, of Awhich the following is a specification.

My invention relatefto new and useful improvements in shaving brushes, and has for its object the provision in a shaving brush of means for delivering liquid soap to the bristles of the brush.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. I

The invention will be best understood by referencey to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a side elevational view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of my invention.

The approved form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a tubular handle 3 which is cup-shaped and constitutes the liquid container. The open end of the member 3 is exteriorly threaded so as to engage with the interiorly threaded end of an extension 4 i'n which is positioned and preferably made integral'therewith a partition 5, the opposite end of the member 4 being inclosed by a partition 6 which has, preferably made integral therewith, a centrally positioned and outwardly extending tubular member 7. Threaded upon the member 4 is bristle retaining member 8 which is adapted to retain in position the bristles 9.

Extending through the member 4 and communicating with the interior of the member 3 at one end and the interior of the member 7 at the other end is a tubular member 10. Secured to the end of the member 10 which communicates with the' member 3 is a laterally turned extension 11 which is tubular, having the passage adjacent the laterally turned end reduced to form shdulders'on the interior of the larger portion. Positioned within the member 11 so as to rest upon the end of the member 10 is a suitable washer 13 which engages one end of a spiral spring 14 positioned within the member 11. The opposite end of the member 14 engages a spherical ball 15 which is adapted normally to rest against the 'shoulder formed in the interior of the member 11. Positioned upon the end of the member 7 is a perforated cap 16. Positioned within the `member 7 adjacent its end is a spiral spring 17 which en gages at one end the cap 16 and at the opposite end a spherical ball 18 which is normally held in engagement with shoulders formed .the member 22 is secured to a cup-shaped member 23 which is adapted to telescope the member 20. Embracing the member 22 and positioned within the cup-shaped member 23 So as to engage the outer surface of the member 20 is a spiral spring 24. Y

By my invention I have provided a novel shaving brush which delivers the soap to the bristles of the brush as needed and thereby eliminates the necessity of mixing a lather and then applying the same to the face or of applying the soap to the face and then mixing the lather. The soap which is in liquid form is contained within the tubular portion 3. By having the laterally turned eX- tension on the member 10 the tubular member 10 is in communication with the liquid l as long' as any of the liquid is contained within the member 3 inasmuch as the brush, when in use, is generally held in an inclined position. Upon pressing the plunger 21 inwardly the ball -valve is opened and the liquid contained in the tube 10 is forced outwardly by mechanical action through the perforated cap 16. Upon the inward pressure of the plunger 21 .the ball-valve within the member 10 which is normally held in closed position by means of the spiral spring 14 prevents the escape of the liquid in the tube 10 into the liquid container`3. Upon outward movement of theyplunger 21`the valve which is closed by the spherical member 15 is opened and ermits the iiow of the liquid from the member 3 vinto the tubular member 10. It is evident that the liquid in the member 3 will be forced into the tubular member 10 because of the suction exerted by the plunger 21. The perforated cap permits the liquid to be delivered in a fine spray to the bristles of the brush.

While I have' illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to belimited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myselfof such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the ap ended claims.

aving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z' l. A shaving brush comprising a liquid container; a tubular member communicating with said container and leading to the brlstles of said brush; apvalve at each end of said tubularv member; and means for forcing liquid in said container through said tubular member to the bristles of said brush, substantially as described.

2. A shaving brush comprising a liquid container; a tubular member mounted within and communicating with said container and leading to the bristles of said brush; a valve at each end of said tubular member; means for forcing liquid 'in said container through said tubular member to the bristles of said brush;v and means for retaining said valves normally in closed position substantially as described.

3. A shaving brush comprising a hollow -tube into Contact with the bristles.

handle, a body of bristles mounted thereon,v

ward the bristles, a c linder commumcat- 'ing with said tube an forming a side eX- tension thereof, and a spring pressed piston in said cylinder adapted to -draw a fluid from the handle by suction through one of said valves and to force it out mechanically to the bristles through the other valve.

5. A shaving brush comprising a hollow handle, a bod of bristles mounted on one end of said andle, a tube leadin from the bristles to a point adjacent to t e wall ofthe handle vnear its opposite end, and a plunger interposed in said tube adapted to act upon a supply of fluid in said tube for forcing a portion 'of said Huid from the In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. STOEWSAND. 

